SPH1NGID2E. 
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[the type of Pseudosphinx^ Burm., founded in the same year as Macro- 
sila I], the type, and restricts the name to this species. A. G. Butler, 
P. Z. S. 1875, p. 11, note, selects M. incisa, Walk., as tlie type. 
Sphinx convolvuli, larva described, E. Newman, Ent. viii. pp. 272-274. 
S. ligiistri, its abundance in the Canaries, F. C. Noll, Zool. Gart. xvi. 
p. 114. S. pleheia, Fab., and jasminearum, Boisd., larvae figured, J. A. 
Boisduval, 1. c. pi. i. figs. 3 & 4. S. strohiy Boisduval, figured by him, 
1. G. pi. V. fig. 3. 
Acherontia atropos. F. P. Johnson suggests that the well-known 
phenomenon of dimorphism in the larva is due to the green and brown 
larvae simulating fresh and dried stalks and leaves respectively ; Nature, 
xi. p. 427. On its cry ; T. de Rochebrune & M. Girard, Pet. Nouv. vii. 
pp. 472 & 476. 
Dilophonota mariance, Grote, recorded by him as occurring in Texas ; 
Canad. Ent. vii. p. 221. 
Smerinthus modestus, Harr., renamed populicola\ J. A. Boisduval, 
Z. c. p. 22. \lt Sphinx modesta,¥dh.y is distinct from S. dentata, Cram., 
and S. timesius, Stoll, then modestus, Harr., must take the name of princeps. 
Walk.] S. ophthalmicus, Boisd. ; larva described and figured, J. A. 
Boisduval, 1. c. p. 34, pi. i. fig. 1. S. pavoninus, Hiibn., probably = 
exccccatus, A. & S. ; G. Weymer, S. E. Z. xxxvi. pp. 49. S. tilice, var. 
described and figured ; E. Newman, Ent. viii. p. 193. 
Triptogon, Brem., recharacterized ; A. G. Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 253. 
Leuco2)hlebia lineata, Westw. (nec Sphinx lineata, Fabr.) is renamed 
luxcri • J. A. Boisduval, 1. c. p. 65. 
Ceratomia amyntor, Hiibn. Transformations described and larva 
figured ; id. 1. c. p. 54, pi. i. fig. 2. 
The following new names for old genera are proposed, id. 1. c. : — Eve- 
ryx (= Darapsa, Walk), p. 208 ; Euchloron (= Chlorina, Guen.),p. 213; 
Epistor (= Enyo, Hiibn.), p. 296; Aspledon (= Diodosida, Walk.), 
p. 305 ; and Pogocolon (= LepUesia, Grote), p. 314. 
New genera ayid species : — 
Bhopalopsyche, A. G. Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 239. Allied to Macro- 
glossa ; types, M. nycteris, Koll., and hifasciata, sp. n., id. 1. c. pi. xxxvi. 
fig. 4, South India. 
Metagastes, J. A. Boisduval, Lep. H^t. i. p. 11. Allied to Coequosa, 
Walk. {Brachyglossa, Boisd.) ; types, Sphinx phalaris, Cram., and nico- 
harensis, Schwarz. 
Euclea [Hiibn., Bomhyces, 1816], id. l.c. p. 14 ; type, Sphinx dumolini^ 
Latr. 
Nyceryx, id. 1. c. p. 16 ; type, Amhulyx hyposticta, Feld. 
Meganoton [Megalonotus'], id. 1. c. p. 58 ; types, Macrosila riyctiphanes 
and discistriga. Walk. 
Eury glottis, id. 1. c. p. 68 ; type, Macrosila aper, H. S. 
Madoryx{~z Calliomma, Walk., pt.), iW. 1. c. p. 150. To include 
oiclus, pluto, triptolemus, and pan, Cramer, and Hemeroplanes pseudo- 
thyreus, Grote ; also M. lyncus, p. 151, pi. iv. fig. 4, and faunus, p. 153, 
both from Cayenne, and dehorrei, p. 155, Brazil, spp. nn. 
